Refrigeration system and controlling method for starting the refrigeration system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10823472-B2
Application number	US-201615781945-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 6, 2016
Priority date	Dec 8, 2015
Publication date	Nov 3, 2020
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020

Abstract

A refrigeration system, including: a compressor, a condenser, an economizer, a throttle valve, and an evaporator which are connected via a pipeline; and a pneumatic valve that includes a valve body and a drive gas phase refrigerant chamber, an gas phase refrigerant outlet of the economizer being connected to an interstage gas phase refrigerant inlet of the compressor via the valve body, and the drive gas phase refrigerant chamber being connected to a low pressure portion of the refrigeration system via a first gas phase refrigerant path, the lower pressure portion having a pressure lower than that in the economizer; wherein a first valve for controlling on/off of the first gas phase refrigerant path is disposed on the first gas phase refrigerant path. The refrigeration system can avoid liquid phase refrigerant accumulated in the economizer from entering the compressor during start to cause a liquid impact problem.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A refrigeration system, comprising: a compressor, a condenser, an economizer, a throttle valve, and an evaporator which are connected via a pipeline; and a pneumatic valve that comprises a valve body and a drive gas phase refrigerant chamber, a gas phase refrigerant outlet of the economizer being connected to an interstage gas phase refrigerant inlet of the compressor via the valve body, and the drive gas phase refrigerant chamber being connected to a low pressure portion of the refrigeration system via a first gas phase refrigerant path, the low lower pressure portion having a pressure lower than that in the economizer; wherein a first valve for controlling on/off of the first gas phase refrigerant path is disposed on the first gas phase refrigerant path.

2. The refrigeration system according to claim 1 , wherein the first valve is an electromagnetic valve.

3. The refrigeration system according to claim 2 , wherein the electromagnetic valve is a normally-closed type electromagnetic valve.

4. The refrigeration system according to claim 1 , wherein the low pressure portion is an evaporator.

5. The refrigeration system according to claim 4 , wherein the drive gas phase refrigerant chamber of the pneumatic valve is connected to the top of the evaporator via the first gas phase refrigerant path.

6. The refrigeration system according to claim 1 , wherein the low pressure portion is located downstream of the throttle valve.

7. The refrigeration system according to claim 6 , wherein the throttle valve is a ball float valve located in the economizer.

8. The refrigeration system according to claim 1 , wherein the pneumatic valve further comprises a baffle plate for controlling on/off of the valve body, and a drive rod linked with the baffle plate; one end of the drive rod is connected to the baffle plate, and the other end thereof extends into the drive gas phase refrigerant chamber; and the baffle plate is driven by a pressure difference between the valve body and the drive gas phase refrigerant chamber.

9. The refrigeration system according to claim 8 , wherein the baffle plate may be rotatably disposed in the valve body; and the drive rod is hinged to the baffle plate; wherein, when the pressure in the valve body is greater than that in the drive gas phase refrigerant chamber, the drive rod drives the baffle plate to rotate, so as to switch on the valve body; and/or when the pressure in the valve body is equal to that in the drive gas phase refrigerant chamber, the drive rod drives the baffle plate to rotate, so as to switch off the valve body.

10. A start control method for the refrigeration system according to claim 1 , comprising:
keeping the first valve in a closed state before the refrigeration system starts, thereby keeping the first gas phase refrigerant path in an off state;
reading and analyzing a first parameter related to the stock of liquid phase refrigerant in the economizer after the refrigeration system starts; and
keeping the first valve in a closed state when the first parameter represents that the stock of the liquid phase refrigerant in the economizer is higher than a first threshold, wherein, at this point, the first gas phase refrigerant path is in an off state, and the economizer and the compressor are not in communication;
and/or opening the first valve when the first parameter represents that the stock of the liquid phase refrigerant in the economizer is lower than the first threshold, wherein, at this point, the first gas phase refrigerant path is in an on state, and the economizer and the compressor are in communication.

11. The start control method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
reading and analyzing a pressure difference between the valve body and the drive gas phase refrigerant chamber after the first gas phase refrigerant path is switched on; and partially switching on the valve body when the pressure difference is greater than a first pressure difference threshold.

12. The start control method according to claim 11 , wherein the first pressure difference threshold is 10 psig.

13. The start control method according to claim 11 , wherein the reading and analyzing further comprises: completely switching on the valve body when the pressure difference is greater than a second pressure difference threshold.

14. The start control method according to claim 13 , wherein the second pressure difference threshold is 20 psig.

15. The start control method according to claim 10 , wherein the first parameter is a time period for which the refrigeration system has run after start; when the time period is higher than a first time period threshold, the stock of the liquid phase refrigerant in the economizer is lower than the first threshold; and/or when the time period is lower than the first time period threshold, the stock of the liquid phase refrigerant in the economizer is higher than the first threshold.

16. The start control method according to claim 15 , wherein the first time period threshold is 0 to 10 minutes.

17. The start control method according to claim 16 , wherein the first time period threshold is 2 to 5 minutes.

18. The start control method according to claim 10 , wherein the first parameter is a liquid level of the liquid phase refrigerant in the economizer; when the liquid level is lower than a first liquid level threshold, the stock of the liquid phase refrigerant in the economizer is lower than the first threshold; and/or when the liquid level is higher than the first liquid level threshold, the stock of the liquid phase refrigerant in the economizer is higher than the first threshold.

Assignees

• Carrier Corp

Inventors

• Ding Haiping
• Stark Michael
• Yang Lihui

Classifications

• F25B41/315 Primary

  actuated by floats · CPC title

• F25B41/20 Primary

  Disposition of valves, e.g. of on-off valves or flow control valves (expansion valves F25B41/31) · CPC title

• F25B2600/2509

  Economiser valves · CPC title

• F25B49/02

  for compression type machines, plants or systems · CPC title

• F25B2600/2519

  On-off valves · CPC title